.TH ISCSID 8 "July 2005" "" "Linux Administrator's Manual"

.SH NAME

iscsid \- Open-iSCSI daemon

.SH SYNOPSIS

.BI iscsid

[OPTION]

.SH "DESCRIPTION"

The

.B iscsid

implements the control path of iSCSI protocol, plus some management

facilities. For example, the daemon could be configured to automatically 

re-start discovery at startup, based on the contents of persistent 

iSCSI database.

.SH OPTIONS

.TP

.BI [-c|--config=]\fIconfig\-file\fP

Read configuration from \fIconfig\-file\fR rather than the default

\fI/etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf\fR file.

.TP

.BI [-i|--initiatorname=]\fIiname\-file\fP

Read initiator name from \fIiname\-file\fR rather than the default

\fI/etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi\fR file.

.TP

.BI [-f|--foreground]

run

.B iscsid

in the foreground.

.TP

.BI [-d|--debug=]\fIdebug_level\fP

print debugging information. Valid values for debug_level are 0 to 8.

.TP

.BI [-u|--uid=]\fIuid\fP

run under user ID \fIuid\fR (default is the current user ID)

.TP

.BI [-g|--gid=]\fIgid\fP

run under user group ID \fIgid\fR (default is the current user group ID).

.TP

.BI [-n|--no-pid-file]\fP

do not write a process ID file.

.TP

.BI [-p|--pid=]\fIpid\-file\fP

write process ID to \fIpid\-file\fR rather than the default

\fI/run/iscsid.pid\fR

.TP

.BI [-h|--help]

display this help and exit

.TP

.BI [-v|--version]

display version and exit.

.SH FILES

.TP

/etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf

The configuration file read by

.B iscsid

and

.B iscsiadm

on startup.

.TP

/etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi

The file containing the iSCSI initiatorname

and initiatoralias read by

.B iscsid

and

.B iscsiadm

on startup.

.TP

/var/lib/iscsi/nodes

Open-iSCSI persistent configuration database

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.BR iscsiadm (8)

.SH AUTHORS

Open-iSCSI project <http://www.open-iscsi.com/>

.br

Alex Aizman <itn780@yahoo.com>

.br

Dmitry Yusupov <dmitry_yus@yahoo.com>